COAT OF SMILES, parody art of iconic symbols. A duck's hat, a mouse's ears and a smiling yellow button. Three iconic things brought together in one artwork.
The PAPERWALKER Journal is the personal weblog of DUCKLAND creator and award-winning character designer Florian Satzinger – who worked on characters such as Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Silvester etc.), Pinky And The Brain, A.J.Hogg and Scooby-Doo, for studios such as Warner Bros., Disney, ReelFX and The Zanuck Company – in which he shares bits and pieces of his character design work, processes, visual development, inspirations and reference materials of current, past and future projects.
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PLEASE NOTE, the displayed parody artworks of classical cartoon characters are not copies but distinct satiric imitations, by exaggerating and transforming the original characters and their related indica (see 'Coat of Smiles') in a way that creates new originals and new meanings, different from the intentions of the originals.

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

DD

Donald and I have different opinions as to how the legs should look.

#DonaldDuck #roughdesigns #developmentsketches #visualdevelopment #conceptart #characterdesign #testing #FlorianSatzinger

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Evel Eagle

Untitled eagle character design, ca. 2021.

#characterdesign #cartooneagle #workinprogress #roughvsfinal #ACME #FlorianSatzinger #eveleagle #evelknievel #parody

Monday, March 20, 2023

The Three Kings

Rough layout sketch, "Wacky Races Special Guest Racing Team".

#wackyraces #guestteam #DonaldDuck #MickeyMouse #Goofy #dreamteam #satire #caricature #floriansatzinger #characterdesigner

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

That feeling has never changed

#selfportrait #floriansatzinger

Monday, March 13, 2023

Sokol Prize 2023

"I was so lucky to honor my colleague Florian Satzinger with the Sokol Award 2023 for digital caricature and to exhibit three of my original paintings in the Karikaturmuseum Krems. Thank you so much to the museum‘s team!"
Sebastian Krüger

#sokolprize #award #sebastiankrüger #floriansatzinger #karikaturmuseumkrems #kunstmeilekrems #erichsokol #caricature #satire #MariLang
Photo Credits
Karikaturmuseum Krems/APA-Fotoservice/Schedl
Photos: Ludwig Schedl

Wednesday, March 01, 2023

Donald Duck, rough test

Speed digital shading test. The initial drawing was done with a regular jumbo size blue pencil on paper, the rest of it was executed in Photoshop. BTW, I lively remember watching John Carpenter's 'The Thing' the first time, way back in the 80s, this was the test scene's starting point, here.

#DonaldDuck #conceptartwork #testing #newprocess #roughdesign #sketching #DenisPierreFilippi #FlorianSatzinger

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Bye Bye

Today's the last day of my exhibition at Caricature Museum Krems. Thanks a million for all the wonderful feedback from all over!

#floriansatzinger #characterdesigner #karikaturmuseumkrems #kunstmeilekrems #satire #caricature #parody #animationdesign @karikaturmuseumkrems #kunstmeilekrems

Friday, February 17, 2023

Throwback

Red Bull character design samples from ca. 2008-2009. Art directed/supervised by Rob Rottensteiner.

#throwbackfriday #redbull #rookiebullz #characterdesign #visualdevelopment #conceptart

Thursday, February 09, 2023

Temper

Classic Donald Duck title card reimagined, focusing on his temper that made him a star.

#DonaldDuck #backtoDuckburg #DenisPierreFilippi #FlorianSatzinger #conceptart #visualdevelopment

Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Biohazard!

Discarded rough layout test from 2021. It's really a very, very hazy piece but I still enjoy its animated qualities.

#preproduction #roughlayout #behindthescenes #conceptart #visualdevelopment #DonaldDuck #DenisPierreFilippi #FlorianSatzinger #glenat #comicalbum

Friday, January 27, 2023

Donald Duckling

Duckburg, US West Coast. In the 1930ies. Donald Duckling and Gyro Gearloose grew up in the same hood, of course.

#DonaldDuck #satire #artwork #DonaldDuckling #roughdevelopment #earlycolorsketch #roughlayout #characterdesign #floriansatzinger #handdrawn

Monday, January 23, 2023

Pencil 8B,
Ø 5,3 mm

#pencil #artisttools #drawing #pencildrawing #drawingonpaper #sketching #origginaldrawing #floriansatzinger #characterdesigner #mouse

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Rough vs Finished

'Duckland' pre-production art (2021) excerpt, rough layout vs finished. Kasematten, Schlossberg, Graz.

#duckland #preproductionart #characterdesign #exhibition #floriansatzinger #animationart #drawingprocess

Monday, January 16, 2023

Coats of Mouse

Commissioned designs from late 2020.
Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1940), Steamboat Willie (1928) and Brave Little Tailor (1938).

#MickeyMouse #shortfilms #mickeyandtheBeanstalk #SorcerersApprentice #steamboatwillie #bravelittletailor linktr.ee/FlorianSatzinger | Original idea by Stan Ward

Wednesday, January 04, 2023

«The complexity of Donald Duck's nature in one image.»

I had to sketch this because it's been rattling around in my brain for a couple of days now. No time for colours and clean lines, just the rough drawing.

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#DonaldDuck #caricature #FlorianSatzinger #characterdesigner #roughdrawing #originalsketch

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Rough Layout vs Finished

'Duckland' (2021), Kasematten, Castle Hill, Graz, Austria.

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#floriansatzinger #duckland #exhibition #karikaturmuseumkrems #caricature #satire #julesverne #carlspitzweg #bookworm #satireart #cartoonducks #museumart

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Happy Holidays!

Yours, Florian

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Ducklings: Artist Print (Multiple Original)

+++Update: SOLD OUT

On sale, starting today, Wednesday, December 21st 2022 within a specific time-frame:

You can place your order (max. 3 prints/person) via email only by writing to the email below within the follwoing time-frame (48 hours) on a first-order, first-served basis:
Wednesday December 21st 9:00AM Pacific Time (18:00PM Vienna Time) - Friday December 23rd 9:00AM (18:00PM Vienna Time)

Order here: ducklings@duckland.world

Extremely limited multiple original artist print* of the parody artwork 'Ducklings'. Limited to 29 pieces. Each of them will have hand-drawn parts (red bow tie and dark cloud). Available for USD 130$/p** i.e. EUR 123€/p**.

Available for 48 hours only, FREE shipping worldwide. Payments have to be made via bank transfer (IBAN) or Paypal and strictly net (transfer fees etc.).

* A3 high quality cartridge paper, measurements are 297 mm x 420 mm, 29.7 cm x 42 cm or 11.7 in x 16.5 in
** +20% VAT when you're ordering in/from Austria, only.

#DonaldDuck #DaffyDuck #satireart #characterparody #artparody #multipleoriginal #artistprint #handdrawn #handrendered #floriansatzinger #artistsonfacebook
"Picture it: Los Angeles, California. In the 1920ies. The ducklings Donald and Daffy are attending the same kindergarten ... think stress is only for adults?"

Monday, December 19, 2022

There are more than Seven Wonders

#Museum #weekend #littlevisitors #originalart #sanfrancisco #museumofart #children #inspiration #reference #onemilliondollarphoto
(c)PHOTOGRAPHED BY HERB SLODOUNIK AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART. All rights reserved.

Monday, December 05, 2022

Pink, Panther, Donut, Hat

Original-Art-Monday. Pink Panther with donut hat, preliminary colour drawing, partly painted, 2022. From my Bread Hat series.

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#floriansatzinger #originalart #pinkpanther #popartlife #artsatire #SalvadorDalí #breadhat #donuthat